Quotes about Idolatry
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
— Isaiah 1:29
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
— Isaiah 2:8
As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
— Isaiah 10:10
They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
— Isaiah 17:8
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
— Isaiah 31:1
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
— Isaiah 36:19
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
— Isaiah 37:19
But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
— Isaiah 42:17
Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
— Isaiah 44:10
The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
— Isaiah 44:12
The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
— Isaiah 44:13
It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
— Isaiah 44:15